‘I really couldn’t see’: Heavy snow disrupts Beijing Olympics
A worker shovels snow in preparation for freestyle ski and snowboard events at Genting Snow Park prior to the 2022 Winter Olympics, in Zhangjiakou, China, Jan. 31, 2022.
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Olympics - Speed skating - Norway set pace in men's team pursuit quarters
BEIJING : Spearheaded by men's 5,000 metres bronze medallist Hallgeir Engebraaten, Norway finished first in the team pursuit quarter-finals on Sunday as they bid to retain their Olympic title.
"I Really Couldn't See": Heavy Snow Disrupts Beijing Winter Olympics 2022
Heavy snow fell throughout Sunday at the Beijing Winter Olympics disrupting several events and forcing athletes to battle through treacherous conditions in the pursuit of gold. Californian-born Chinese sensation Eileen Gu was among the competitors affected when her bid for a second gold medal was temporarily derailed by the postponement of qualifying for the freeski slopestyle. The second of three training runs for the women's downhill skiing was cancelled and women's freestyle skiing aerials qualification was also postponed. Environmentalists in the build-up to the Games in the Chinese capital had voiced concern about an Olympics taking place in one of the driest parts of China and relying almost entirely on man-made snow.
Beijing Winter Olympics 2022: Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi Holds Nerve To Win Ski Jumping Gold
Japan's Ryoyu Kobayashi held his nerve while his rivals lost theirs on Sunday, winning Olympic ski jumping gold on the men's normal hill in a wild and unpredictable Beijing Games final. Germany's World Cup leader Karl Geiger finished 15th in a disastrous performance, while hotly tipped Norwegians Halvor Egner Granerud and Marius Lindvik were also well out of contention. Kobayashi kept his cool to become the first Japanese ski jumper to win Olympic gold on foreign snow, pulling off jumps of 104.5 and 99.5 metres to finish first on 275.0 points. "This season I've been able to jump to the image I have in my mind," said the 25-year-old, who is second in the current World Cup standings and won this season's Four Hills competition.
Olympics - Biathlon - Golden Roieseland has not got Bjoerndalen in her sights just yet
ZHANGJIAKOU, China : Marte Olsbu Roieseland cruised to her third gold medal at the Beijing Games without much bother but the 31-year-old said she had not yet set her sights on her compatriot Ole Einar Bjoerndalen's record gold tally at one Olympics.
Medals update: Quentin Fillon Maillet wins gold in Beijing 2022 biathlon men’s 12.5km pursuit
With a record-breaking performance, Quentin Fillon Maillet wins his second gold of Beijing 2022, this time in the men's 12.km biathlon pursuit, which took place on Sunday (13 February) at the Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre. The Frenchman also claimed the Olympic title in the 20km individual on Tuesday (8 February), as well as silver in the 10km sprint, and the mixed relay this past week.
Winter Olympics: Quentin Fillon Maillet wins biathlon pursuit after disastrous shooting by Johannes Thingnes Boe
Quentin Fillon Maillet secured his second biathlon gold medal of the Beijing Olympics by winning the 12.5km pursuit, taking advantage of a disastrous shooting performance by his rival Johannes Thingnes Boe. Fillon Maillet started the race 26 seconds behind leader Thingnes Boe after finishing second to the Norwegian in the previous 10km sprint race.
Winter Olympics 2022 - Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold given all clear after dramatic collapse in biathlon
Ingrid Landmark Tandrevold has been given the all-clear after her bid for a medal in biathlon’s 10km pursuit dramatically unravelled due to exhaustion at the Winter Olympics in Beijing. The Norwegian was challenging her team-mate and eventual winner Marte Olsbu Roeiseland coming out of the final shoot but her bid to get on the podium quickly fell apart, as Sweden’s Elvira Oeberg surged past her to win silver ahead of Tiril Eckhoff.